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LetMyPeopleVote

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Fri May 3, 2024, 01:31 PM May 3

Columbia Law Review are a bunch of wimps [View all]

I remember doing two and three all nighters in row back when I was on law review. There was a humor book called the Official Lawyers handbook that discussed the reason why big firms like law review types was that we were used to doing all nighters. I still remember doing four all nighters in a row on a deal in Salt Lake City. I got the staff at our local counsel office to get me diet coke with caffeine early on. These idiots are not doing to enjoy the practice of law in the real world.

This memo from the Columbia Law Review offended me.









One of the main reasons why law students get on and work long hours on law review is to try to impress big law firms. These editors are going to have fun explaining their positions here when they interview
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